I guess the defining question is, barretscv, is 'what is monstercross?'


if it's simply a tire any cross bike will fit, it's perhaps more a state of mind than a frame dimension. just stuff some bigger tires on your crosscheck and shazam! it's now monstercross?

maybe monstercross should be defined as greater than UCI-legal - that way even a surly Pacer can become monstercross.

i think the difference is in greater than the tire but of a frame dimension that sets a bike apart and in a different class that a typical cyclecross bike.

For the definition of a new category of bike that is separate from cyclocross dimensions, a monstercross bike is a bike that readily accepts a large variety of 29er tires.

Monstercross = a cross between 29er tires and cyclocross style.

Otherwise, any old cross bike is monstercross, and that's not a distinct difference, just putting a big tire on a cross bike.

I do like Bruce Gordons' tires though, and the bikes, those should be enough of a gravel grinder for just about anyone. i'm trying monstercross to deal with excessively sandy & loose conditions that stretch for tens to hundreds of miles from where i live.

But i still think monstercross is defined as a frame that readily takes a 29'er dimension tire, not simply a large diameter tire stuffed into a cross frame.